Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-04-22
1BRAH1M LTNCOLN
The Final burial of ri. Remnin-.

An INTERESTING ACCOUNT or THEIR REMOVAL
FROM THE GRAVE IN WHICH ruEY HAVE
BEEN HIDDEN FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND
THEIR DEPOSIT IN VAULT IN THE LINCOLN
MONUMENT.
We printed last week n brief item an
nouncing the removal Of the remains Of
President and Mrs Lincoln to a vault in
the Lincoln monument at Springfield, ILL.,,
where they will be secure from grave rob
bers The particulars of their removal as
given in despatch from Springfield, are Of
general interest 1t seems that for years
the remains of Mr. Lincoln have been in
charge of a secret association which was
formed for the special purpose of protect
ing them after an attempt TO carry them
off was made by grave robbers in 1876
The public who have visited the Lincoln
monument have supposed that the body
was in the marble sarcophagus pointed out
TO them, but in reality it has lain in a Sc
cret grave under the north base of the OBJ
clisk. known only 30 the association of Lin
coin Guards Of Honor. who were sworn to
keep the body and not to reveal the place
where it lay.
The body of Mr.. Lincoln when taken
from the secret grave on the day of the re
moval last week was found TO be in a wal
nut coffin lined with an ART tight lead lining
about one eighth of an inch thick. The
walnut coffin was in cedar box and the
cedar box was inclosed in pine box Mrs.
Lincoln's remains were similarly inclosed
There were present only the Guards of
Honor and a very few other persons.
When the Guards, with the help Of few
laborers, had exhaumed the collins and the
lid of the Presidents was removed, his
face was seen to be in a remarkable state
of preservation. Those who stood around
and had known Lincoln when alive, easily
discerned the features. They were very
distinct. The silver plate ON the cofiin-ld
was bright. On it was inscribed the fol
lowing
Abraham Lincoln sixteenth President of the
United States. Born February Y, 1919; died April
-. 1865.
While the remains of Mr.. Lincoln were ex-
posed to view Cen Reese, president of the
Guards Of Honor, turned them over to the
Lincoln monument association. A certfi
cate was signed by the members Of the
Guards of Honor, certifying that the re
mains in the coffin were those received
from the Lincoln monument association in
1873. The monument association made out
Il 'tIJlIltdlc Slgucu ny lHc Iitlli'tIS lpI the
records of the association, declaring the re
mains to he those of Abraham Lincoln. a
plumber then sealed the coffin up.
The coffin was taken out 10y the work
men and carried around to the vault on the
north side. In the north vault the floor
had been taken up. \ hole eight feet long
10y six wide and - deep, bricked up and
cemcnted, had been prepared. The Presi-
dents coffin was placed in this grave ON
the west side. The coffin containing Mrs
Lincoln's remains, which had been brought
from the secret grave before the other cof-
fin, was then brought to the vault and
placed on the east side of her husband. \
brick arch was built over the collins This
was covered with cement, mixed with
small broken rock, forming a composition
harder than stone. Two guards will be on
duty at the tomb until the cement becomes
hard The vault in which the grave is
built is the one originally intended for the
purpose. The two children are buried in
this vault The marble sarcophagus, in
which the public have supposed the remains
to he is still i'm the vault